republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2018/sb-297.md

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Bill	A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning education.	A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning education.	us/states/in	Indiana General Assembly	2018	SB 297	Indiana SB 297 (2018)	bill	SCHOOLS Curricula EMPLOYMENT AGENCIES	enacted	Dennis Kruse Holli Sullivan Jeff Raatz	5	26	2	2018-01-08	2018-03-13	openstates	ocd-bill/014b3d4d-0e93-4abe-929d-d362af1e580f	http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2018/bills/senate/297	b6eaafc329f33d0dd79f807c250917f93756ddeabe8956a6bcc0c1450c0ede5c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-in

Indiana SB 297 (2018) — A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning education.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Enrolled Senate Bill (S) (committee substitute) — source
2. Introduced Senate Bill (S) (committee substitute) — source
3. Senate Bill (H) (committee substitute) — source
4. Senate Bill (S) (committee substitute) — source
5. Senate Bill (S) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SB 297 - Raatz - 3rd Reading — 48–0 (pass) · legislature
• SB 297 - Sullivan - 3rd Reading — 97–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Dennis Kruse — primary (person)
• Holli Sullivan — primary (person)
• Jeff Raatz — primary (person)
• Anthony Cook — cosponsor (person)
• Eddie Melton — coauthor (person)
• Jack Jordan — cosponsor (person)
• Steven Stemler — cosponsor (person)
• Wendy McNamara — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2018-01-08 Senator Kruse added as second author
• 2018-01-08 Authored by Senator Raatz
• 2018-01-08 First reading: referred to Committee on Education and Career Development reading-1, referral-committee
• 2018-01-25 Committee report: amend do pass adopted; reassigned to Committee on Appropriations referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2018-02-01 Committee report: do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2018-02-01 Senator Melton added as coauthor
• 2018-02-05 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2018-02-06 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 177: yeas 48, nays 0 reading-3, passage
• 2018-02-06 House sponsor: Representative Sullivan
• 2018-02-07 Referred to the House
• 2018-02-12 First reading: referred to Committee on Education reading-1, referral-committee
• 2018-02-19 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2018-02-19 Representatives Stemler, Jordan, Cook added as cosponsors
• 2018-02-22 Amendment #1 (DeLaney) failed; voice vote amendment-failure
• 2018-02-22 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2018-02-26 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 210: yeas 97, nays 0 reading-3, passage
• 2018-02-27 Rule 105.1 suspended
• 2018-02-27 Representative McNamara added as cosponsor
• 2018-02-27 Returned to the Senate with amendments amendment-failure
• 2018-02-28 Motion to concur filed
• 2018-03-01 Senate concurred in House amendments; Roll Call 278: yeas 46, nays 2 amendment-failure
• 2018-03-06 Signed by the President Pro Tempore
• 2018-03-08 Signed by the Speaker
• 2018-03-12 Signed by the President of the Senate
• 2018-03-13 Signed by the Governor executive-signature
• 2018-03-13 Public Law 57

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/014b3d4d-0e93-4abe-929d-d362af1e580f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).